But the Warriors' head coach wouldn't reveal who would start in their places.

He waited until as close to the opening tip as the league would allow before unleashing his secret weapons - Jermaine O'Neal and Draymond Green, who each had season-best performances to lead the Warriors to a 93-86 victory over Brooklyn at Oracle Arena.

O'Neal set season highs with 23 points and 13 rebounds - his first double-double of the season and the 277th of his career. Green had a career-high 18 points to go with 10 rebounds in his second career double-double.

"That's what this team is about: guys stepping up and responding," Jackson said. "We needed big energy, big effort and big-time games from both Jermaine and Draymond, and those guys responded."

Especially during the most critical moments of the game, which Brooklyn led for only 18 seconds, although they twice erased deficits of at least 11 points.

Joe Johnson completed the second comeback, fading away for a jumper that tied it 84-84 with 2:22 remaining. Green and O'Neal each made two free throws, sandwiched around an Andray Blatche layup, to put the Warriors ahead 88-86 with 1:23 left.

Green knocked Johnson's subsequent pass off Deron Williams and out of bounds with 51.6 seconds on the clock, and then the Warriors' forward set the screen that freed Stephen Curry for the game-clinching three-pointer, which banked in with 37.2 seconds remaining.

"It's very inspiring to see how J.O. has been stepping up to the challenge," Green said. "He came out and gave us a lift on the offensive end and gave us a lift in rebounding. It's very uplifting to see that, and it just makes you want to continue to work harder."

The Warriors (34-22) have won three straight games for the first time since winning 10 in a row from Dec. 21-Jan. 7 and moved to 12 games above .500 for the first time since finishing last season 47-35. They're now percentage points behind sixth-place Phoenix in the Western Conference standings as they pack for a six-game road trip against Eastern Conference teams.

Playing without Lee, who had three consecutive games with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Bogut, the team's defensive anchor, the Warriors managed to win with Curry (17 points, eight assists) as the only player joining O'Neal and Green in double-digit scoring.

They limited Brooklyn to 41 percent shooting, including 2-of-21 from three-point range, and recorded double-digit steals for the third time in four games. They've held opponents to fewer than 100 points nine times in the past 11 games, moving their record to 26-4 when they accomplish the feat.

Jackson said Bogut, who has missed seven straight games - first with a bruised bone in his shoulder and later with an adverse reaction to a cortisone shot - practiced and looked better Saturday. The big man will make the trip with the Warriors, and Jackson said he's guessing that Bogut will play at some point during the roadie.

In the meantime, the Warriors will keep going to O'Neal, who made 10 of his 13 shots from the floor Saturday. He logged 34-plus minutes in consecutive games for the first time since 2010, and at 35 became the oldest Warrior to post a 20-point, 10-rebound game since Terry Cummings in 1999.

"I've seen this show before in my career," O'Neal said.

Jackson said: "The guy is a vocal leader for us, and the great thing is that he's getting the opportunity to put a stamp on what he says. It's no longer just what he says, but also what he's doing. "